Senior Lawyer – Administrative Law/Statutory Interpretation – Baseline Clearance

Limber Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 166,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Limber Recruitment seeks a Senior Lawyer with expertise in Administrative Law and Statutory Interpretation for a baseline clearance secondment. The role is a federal secondment with multiple locations (Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney) and a daily rate of $900–$1,400 including super.

Initial assignment through May 2027. The successful candidate will join the in-house team of a Commonwealth Agency, providing high-level legal advice and engaging with a broad range of stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Current practising certificate (or ability to obtain one).
• Baseline security clearance (minimum) required.
• Experience advising on Commonwealth administrative law including automated decision making and legislative reform (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Secondee within the Commonwealth client’s in-house legal team.
• Provide high-level advisory support to a wide range of client areas.
• Advise on statutory interpretation of legislation and subordinate instruments and apply administrative law principles to decisions.
• Assist with program legislation and responses to legal requests related to automated decision making and reform.
• Offer guidance on Social Security Law, Family Assistance Law and Health Legislation.

Skills

Administrative Law

Statutory Interpretation

Baseline Clearance

Stakeholder Engagement

Automated decision making

Job description

Senior Lawyer – Administrative Law/Statutory Interpretation – Baseline Clearance

Senior Lawyer – Administrative Law/Statutory Interpretation – Baseline Clearance – $900 to $1400 daily rate including super – Initial secondment to May 2027 – Canberra Brisbane Melbourne Sydney locations available

The Role

We currently have a secondment opportunity within a Commonwealth Agency that is seeking a lawyer with administrative law and statutory interpretation experience to work on a variety of legal projects.

The Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be required to work as a secondee within the Commonwealth clients’ in-house legal team. High level stakeholder engagement skills are required as the successful candidate will be required to provide advice and assistance to a wide range of client areas.

The successful candidate will provide a variety of legal advice on subjects including:

• statutory interpretation of legislation and sub-ordinate instruments;
• applying administrative law principles to business decisions and advising on process issues;
• providing advice on program legislation;
• responding to legal advice requests related to automated decision making and legislative reform; and
• providing advice related to Social Security Law, Family Assistance Law and Health Legislation.

The Requirements

A current practising certificate (or ability to obtain one) and a current (minimum) Baseline security clearance experience is essential.

Previous experience advising on Commonwealth administrative law including on automated decision making, legislative reform (including Social Security Law) would be highly regarded.